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News: RISC-OS Price Rise |
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News: A305 RAM Upgrades Down In Price
Memory ugrades for 300 series from
Norwich Computer Services |
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News: A410 Available
From Norwich Computer Services. A410
/A420/A440 configurations available |
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News: A410/A420 RAM Upgrades
Down in price |
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News: ArcComm Comms Package
From BBC Enterprises |
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News: Atelier Art Package
From Minerva Systems. 256 colours |
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News: CareWare Nr 1 Disk
Now available - list of contents |
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News: CareWare Nr 2 Disk
Plus ShareWare 12 and 13 (RISC-OS
update disk) |
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News: DTP Package
From Acorn |
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News: Euclid 3D Package Upgrade
From Ace Computing. RISC-OS version |
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News: First Fonts
For 9 pin printers plus HP LaserJet and
DeskJet |
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News: Hard Drives Now Exportable
Computerware hard disks |
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News: MewSoft Programs
FaxFile Manager/Forms Manager/Fancy
Labeller now available in RISC-OS
versions |
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News: Micro-Librarian Professional
Version 3.0 from Micro-Librarian Systems |
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News: Modems Down In Price
Cheaper 2400 baud modems from Norwich
Computer Services. Miracle WS3000/
Amstrad SM2400 |
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News: Archive Monthly Disks
Summary of programs available |
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News: NewsMaster Users
DTP Package running under the PC
emulator now has extra art galleries |
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News: RISC-OS Companion
From Software Solutions. Dustbin/Note
Pad/Filetype Changer/File Conversion
Utilities/Terminal Emulator |
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News: SPARK
From Dave Pilling. RISC-OS version of
'ARC' file archiver (was Public Domain
from BEEBUG) |
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News: Z88 Down In Price |
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News: Archimedes A3000
Available at the 1989 BBC Acorn User
Show |
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News: A3000 Products
From Pres. Plinth/expansion cards/ hard
disk/case for external expansion
port/mini podule expansion board |
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News: Adventure Games
From Topologika. Countdown To Doom/
Return To Doom/Philosophers Quest
compilation |
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News: Adventure Games
From Topologika. Kingdom Of Hamil/
Acheton compilation. Also 'Avon' based
on Shakespeares' plays |
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News: ARMTrakker
From The Serial Port. 8 channel sound
sequencer (mouse driven) |
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News: Dabs Press
ABC65 Archimedes to 6502 cross compiler
ABC Dynamic Extensions for the ABC Basic
compiler/Instigator OS extension package |
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News: Disk Copier (Unnamed as yet)
From The Serial Port. Copies any
ARC/PC/ST disks |
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News: DTP From AVP
Pixel Perfect (RISC-OS version) |
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News: DTP From BeeBug |
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News: External Expansion Boxes
From SGB Computer Services for A300/
A400/A3000 series |
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News: Graphics Tablet
From Watford Electronics |
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News: Holed Out Golf Game
From Impact. More courses available |
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News: Mach Technology Update |
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News: PipeDream 3
From Colton Software. RISC-OS version
with many new features |
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News: Presenter 2
From Lingenuity. RISC-OS version |
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News: Presenter Story
From X-AMPLE Technology. Presentation
graphics package |
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News: RISC-OS PRM
Programmers Reference Manual |
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News: Hand Held Scanner
From Watford Electronics. |
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News: Hand Held Scanner
From BeeBug |
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News: SCSI Interface
From Lindis (Lingenuity) |
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News: Real Time Digitiser
From Lindis (Lingenuity) |
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Hint: Partitioning Hard Drives
Partitioning hard disks under the PC
Emulator to less than 10Meg |
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Hint: Hearsay
Changing baud rates automatically using
a dial prefix |
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Hint: Case Sensitive System Variables
Problems with *SETMACRO Alias$ |
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Hint: Overload Game Passwords |
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Hint: T Option In LDR And STR
ARM code 'write back' instruction.
*MemoryI dissassembler |
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Hint: Bit Patterns For LDR And STR
Omission from appendix C of the "ARM
Code Assembly Language" book from
Computer Concepts |
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Hint: BASIC Restrictions
which have been lifted by BASIC V. MODE
FOR,REPEAT,GOSUB nesting limits |
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Hint: BASIC Errors
Some error messages not given in the
User Guide issue 2. ERROR 11/ERROR 25/
ERROR 37/ERROR 44 |
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Hint: Using Fortran 77
Corrections to a previous subroutine
(Archive 1.7) showing how to access
graphics from FORTRAN |
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Hint: Printer Conventions
How the Archimedes handles printers.
*IGNORE/*CONFIGURE IGNORE/Linefeeds/DIP
switches |
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Hint: PC Emulator Star Commands
How to have extra logical drives
configured using config.sys |
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Hint: Three SWIs
not mentioned in the PRM issue 1.
OS_AddTo Vector/OS_WriteEnv/
WaveSynth_Load |
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Hint: Misspelled SWI
Sound_QSDispatch should be
Sound_QDispatch |
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Hint: Infinite Energy For ThunderMonk
Cheat routine for Minerva Systems' game |
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Hint: ThunderMonk Passwords
More cheats for Minvera Systems' game |
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Hint: View To FWP Utility
Problems with the conversion program
provided with FWP |
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Hint: Using 1stMail For Multi-Columns
How to do it |
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Hint: Possible Bug In 1stMail
Problems with double line spacing when
mail merging |
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Hint: MemAlloc Module
Found in the !Lander directory. Set RAM
allocations using star commands |
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Hint: DeskTop ScreenSize Configuration
How screen memory is allocated when
using the DeskTop program |
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Hint: DeskTop Startup Commands
Customising the desktop by running a
star command or a file on startup |
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Hint: Converting ARCTerm 6.01 To RISC-OS
How to do it. *RMEnsure/*RMReInit/*DIR |
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Hint: Extra Options For *COPY
Using the new L and N options. Automatic
backups of changed files using the *COPY
command in the application !Run file |
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Hint: RISC-OS RS432
Communicating with a BBC B at 19200 baud |
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Hint: Diagram II Using RamDisk
How to use Pineapples' software with the
RISC-OS ramdisk |
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Hint: Midi !Maestro
Undocumented facility for playing MIDI
instruments with the RISC-OS music
editor |
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Hint: Typing Control Characters
Entering 'non keyboard' characters using
the ALT key and the numeric keypad |
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Hint: RMReInit And SpriteUtils
'SWI not known' error caused by
application killing the SpriteUtils
module. *ROMMODULES/*RMReInit |
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Hint: Multi-Tasking
Discovering the maximum number of tasks
that can be run at once |
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Hint: Leaving The DeskTop
From a command file by simulating |
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Hint: Space For Large Applications
Maximising memory by *Unplugging
unwanted modules. Logistix and PC
Emulator examples given |
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Hint: Getting FWP Started
Don't use *MOUNT, use *DRIVE instead |
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Hint: FWP From The DeskTop
A !Run file to start it up under RISC-OS |
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Hint: 1stMail Under RISC-OS
Problems with the main window not
resizing (printer window is hidden!) |
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Hint: Installing Artisan
under RISC-OS. How to return to the
desktop afterwards/Any directory/
Dealing with compressed screens |
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Hint: RISC-OS PostScript Drivers
Outputting to a Mac laser printer by
transferring the ASCII PostScript file |
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Hint: Configuring !PrinterDM
How to ensure it drives your printer
correctly |
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Hint: RISC-OS & Text Scaling Solution
Text scaling problems resolved in
multisync modes |
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Info: MSDOS Column
Change of writer |
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Info: Sprite Plotting For Games
Fast sprite plotting techniques/ fast
screen clearing |
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Help: RISC-OS Problems
Diary required/keyboard input for !Calc
PC Emulator uses parallel printer when
configured for serial |
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Help: TeleText Adaptor
Can it be used with the Archimedes? |
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Help: Archimedes In Education
Material required for a future article
in Archive |
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Review: Home Accounts Package
From Minerva Systems. Money management/
bank account/credit cards/expenditure |
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Review: Archway - WIMP Tools
From Simtron. WIMP program development
system |
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Info: Language Forum
Desktop and programs/calculating pi |
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Review: Prolog System X Language
From Acorn |
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Info: Bug In YAIG Game
on ShareWare 8 |
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Info: The BASIC Compiler War Continues
Comments from the author of Dabs Press'
ABC on comparisions with RiscBasic and
the benchmarks in Archive 2.9 |
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Comment: Problems With GammaPlot
From Minerva Systems. Duplicates
appearing in data lists |
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Comment: ArcWriter Word Processor
How to use it effectively |
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Comment: Hard Disk Specifications
What the access times really mean |
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Comment: ComputerWare Hard Disks
Update to original review in Archive
2.9 |
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Info: Window, Icons, Mouse & Pointer
WIMP tutorial on RISC-OS. How to create
an application directory and a sprite
for it. !Boot and !Run files |
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Review: RealTime Solids Modeller
From Silicon Vision. 3D CAD Package/
SoliCAD |
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Review: Plague Planet
Adventure game from Alpine Software |
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Info: BASIC Version 1.04 Changes
Changes to BASIC V. OVERLAY/Array
initialisation/SUMLEN/MOD/ERROR EXT/
QUIT/END=/LOCAL DATA/LOCAL RESTORE |
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Info: BASIC Version 1.04 Changes
Assembler enhancement/Extra routines
supported by CALL |
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Review: Studio24 Plus
From EMR. Midi sequencer/recording
system |
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Review: Risc User Vol 1 Special Disk
From Beebug. Rotaing world/Disk menu/
Pixel editor/Printer buffer/Toolkit
module/ARCScan magazine indexer |
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Hardware: Bits and Pieces
Problems with I/O podules/4Meg board
from Watford/A3000 external expansion/
A3000 serial port & comments |
